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Here are some of the top stories from the past week from NBC 6 News.

AUGUSTA, Maine -- Today is National Gun Violence Awareness Day, and gun-safety advocates in Maine are urging the Legislature to take up bills they hope would reduce the impact of gun violence on their constituents. Geoff Bickford, executive director of the Maine Gun Safety Coalition, said Maine has relatively low rates of violent crime compared to the nation, but he noted accidental shootings and suicide deaths, especially among children and teens, are far too common. His group works with pediatricians to educate Mainers on safe gun storage. ...

Six months later, Shaw Price killed Jamie Hunnicutt’s 31-year-old son, her daughter-in-law and shot her 10-year-old grandson multiple times before killing himself, police said.

–Last week, Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-Santa Barbara) and Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-San Francisco) reintroduced the Extreme Risk Protection Order Act. The legislation was introduced by Rep. Salud Carbajal and co-led by Rep. Julia Brownley (D-Thousand Oaks), Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA), and Rep. Debbie Dingell (D-MI). Senator Dianne Feinstein introduced companion legislation in the senate.

Here's what teens, adults say about addressing gun violence ISABELLE TAFT, The Sun-Herald FacebookTwitterEmail GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — One by one, Gulfport Councilwoman Ella Holmes-Hines asked the children gathered around her what they want to be when they grow up. “A ballerina.” “A policeman.” Holmes-Hines was a speaker at last weekend's Stop the Violence block party in Gulfport, organized in response to recent shootings around the city. Many of the children wore T-shirts that said Stop the Violence; some were so young that the shirts grazed their feet. “Every child has a dream,�...